Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Restaurants In New Zealand Need Immigrants To Function

Food is an important part of living. One can never really
live without food. Food nourishes the body. It gives the body energy to do
things. That is why a lot of people choose to build businesses based on food
because they do know that this business will flourish. It is a need and people
will want it.

In New Zealand, owners of restaurants are not happy about
the possibility of having changes in the immigration policies of the country.
See, the new policies are leaning towards allowing only a limited number of
immigrants enter the country. For owners of restaurants, this is not a good
thing as immigration has been helping the food and restaurant industry thrive.
Immigrants have been serving as staff and have been really good at it.

The possibility of
hard times for restaurants

There is a huge possibility that restaurants would take the
grunt of a more “controlled” immigration system in New Zealand. Owners of
restaurants are saying that their businesses could definitely suffer a lot
especially if there would be lesser people available to work for these
businesses. After all, these immigrants are hard workers and can be depended on
to do the work well.

For those who say that they can hire the locals, restaurant
owners have an answer to that one. See, theyhave tried working with Kiwis (locals of New Zealand) but these people
are far too choosy when it comes to work. Aside from that, they are also not as
hard working as immigrants in the country.

The strength of the
restaurant industry

There are people saying that the restaurant industry will
not have to worry much as the changes in immigration policies will not affect
them a lot. The truth is, it will. In the past several years, there have been
more and more restaurants spurting in the country. This simply means that the
need for food, and the lifestyle in the country have changed.

More and more Kiwis and immigrants are happy with eating
out. Plus, there would not be an explosion of restaurants if there was not a
demand for such.

The fear of owners

Many owners of restaurants are not happy with the proposed
changes to immigration. If the policy changes, this means that restaurants
would have a hard time filling in all the needed positions to keep the
restaurants running smoothly. There may also be a possibility of having a
shortage in staff.

What the New Zealand government is planning to do would be
to actually work on the salary limit to get a work visa in the country. They
plan to keep the limit up to $50,000 for each year. By doing so, a huge portion
of the staff of the restaurant industry (as well as the hospitality industry)
would be hugely affected.

That is why owners of restaurants are calling for the
government to take a look at the new policies and find a solution that does not
need to badly affect the country’s businesses and economy.